The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-10-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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geon removed twenty pieces OF fractured
Skull bone and he is now doing we'll
Tho latest reliable reports from the
Rum river pneries confirm the rumors re-
ceived the first of the week that the fire is
DONG great damage
AT New Um, Rev. c. Mowery, for the
past live years pastor Of the congregations
III church, died recently Of cancer in the
stom ach
A Mankato Wholesale liquor house, that
oil L. ii. Carney, assigns.
State Auditor Braden is sending out to
the county auditors the tax certificates
Tor the ensuing year These instruments
certify that the rate OF taxation is one
mill and nine tcnths, which the auditors
are called upon to collect aad make returs.
to the state treasury. The circular states
the provision of taxes as follows Chap
ter lol, General Laws 1881, .00Ol for
forestry fund; Chapter 11S, General Laws
1887, .oU0l for soldiers relief; Chapter
23l, General Laws 1887, .0017 for general
expenses.
L. Lockwood sold the Northfield opera.
house TO J. c. Cooper Tor IS, 900.
d. l.. Hewitt, an old resident, and who
has been in the employ OF the Washburn
Mill company for the past ten years, dis
appeared a few days ago, and his friends
are greatly worried. He is Il member oi the
j. S. Cady post, &. a. Il. being IL corporal in
Company A OF the Ninth Minnesota soun-
teers, and has good war record.
| The Second Regiment, Col. Bobletter are
| in Chicago att ending thegreat military dis
| play.
| Signal Service Officer Lyons has prepar.
| ed Il review Of the weather during September,
| which shows that the weather in st. Paul
| and vicinity has been slightly cooler than
theaverage during previous Septembers, the
| rainfall above the normal and the wind
! movement moderate. The mean tempera-
ture has been 50 deg, the normal being
! 50 deg. 1t was cooler than the correspond.
! ing months in 1874, 1877, 1878, 1881,
| 1882, 1854 1885 and 1886, and warmer
than the other years from 1870 to 1887,
with the exception OF 1871, 1872 and
1879.
At Lake City. the residence OF Mrs.
George Patton was burned to the ground.
Loss $4,000.
| The Congregational society at Ortonville,
has made call to the Rev. p. w. Fletcher
| OF Hart, Mich. to preside over its society.
At Montgomery, John Petooski was
| thrown from his wagon and killed while re-
turning from a funeral.
Judge Brown decides that the Lac qui
! Parle county officers must leave Madison
and return to Lac qui Parle.
The new wing OF the insane hospital at
Rochester will be completed next month,
and will furnish room for 12O more pa
| TENTS.
Dairy Commissioner Ives says that now
the fairs are practically disposed OF and he
is ready to hear from all parties interes ted
| in having pure milk. Ii any one in
the state is dissatisfied with the
quality OF milk they are buying, ii they
| will send a sworn statement and Il sample
of the product to the dairy commission,
the sample will be analysed, free OF charge.
Then if it falls below the standard required
by law, the commission promises to deal
with the offender.
Michael Kaiser, q deaf and dumb man,
was killed by an extra freight on the st.
Cloud Il Willmar road. He was walking
| along the track to his home near Cold
Springs. Stearns county, when the train
struck him.
At Austin, Andrew Hall, in an alterca-
ton with his brother-in-law, Fred Ford,
at the home OF the latter, drew q pocket
knife and stabbed Ford three times, MAX
ing an ugly cash in the shoulder and two
unimportant ones in the S ide. Hall was
! somewhat in liquor.
Red Wing has been selected as the place
for holding the next annual W. c.. 7. U.
| convention.
throughout the state as a recent candidate
| for the attorney generaship, removes to
st. Paul, where he will share the law bust
ness OF Hon. c. c. Davis, kellogg & Sever.
ance is the style OF the newly organized
law firm.
R A. Simmons, an old resident OF Hast
ings committed suicide By hanging.
Ground was broken for the new court
house at Winona. The contractors filed u
bond in the sum OF S50,0 with five sur
titles.
Rev. George B. Whipple, of Faribault,
who was improving in health, has had a
relapse and is now suffering from a severe
attack Of pneumonia. The doctor reports
him to be in a critical condition.
Judge c. B. Sleeper, OF the Fifteenth judi
cial district has accepted the invitation OF
Judge j. p. Rea, OF the Fourth to preside
in Minneapolis during the February term.
Judge Sleeper will also sit upon Judge
Browns bench, in the Sixteenth district
in the November term.
Mankato Special: Mamie Hendine was
arrested on the charge ofbastardy, PREFER
ed by a German hired girl in his fathers
employ. He was taken before Judge Porter
and admitted to bail in 5000. His trial
is fixed for Oct IA. He was arrested last
spring on similar charge.
State Secretary II. L. Williams, OF the
Y. NJ. c. A, has issued circular showing
the growth OF association in Minnesota
and Dakota during the past three years,
the principal increase having been as fol-
lows: In number OF associations, 81; gen.
eral secretaries, 16; memb ership, 1892;
annual expenses, S2o,33 building and
building funds, 5; gymnasiums, s; college
associations, Z; railroad associations. q;
weekly meetings for men only, 40; Bible
training classes, 20. The greater portion
OF the increase has taken place within the
last year.
State Treasurer Bobleter has completed
his monthly report, and made the official
statement OF balances in the treasury at
the close OF business as follows: State in
stituton fund, 81, 309.95; forestry fund.-
$43, 342.3S; permanent school fund,
$211, 261. "a; general school fund, $233,-
057.97; permanent university fund, S23,-
512.39; general university fund, S2O6.63
internal improvement fund, S7,257.S6;
internal improvement land fund, S123,-
634.59; internal Improvement land fund
interest, $50, 104.S7; school text book
fund, S37, 1850; swamp land fund, ST.
926,.72: total S735. 1918 from which
J should be deducted the revenue fund over
, drawn, S193, 211. AZ, leaving S542, 577.71
as the actual amount in treasury. This
sum is deposited in twelve banks, with the
exception OF about $500 in the treasury.
! AZ Une dranu opera I1ouse, MthHeapo-
lis, the audience was treated to a melo-
dramatic act which was not on the pro-
CRANE. The curtain had just wrung down
in the last act of "Tobogganning" when
: Del Allen, OF the Nicollet avenue saloon
firm of Dunn IL Allen, entered the theater.
He walked excitedly to the head OF the
AISLE and his eyes soon met the object OF
J his search, his pretty wife-a lady OF
petite form and blonde complexion.
Allen rushed to where Mrs. Allen and her
| gentleman companion were and remarked,
with very much feeling You! you have
been fooling me !" 1t was very lively Tor
the next few minutes. Allen grabbed his
wife and pulled her into the aisle, and her
male companion hastily made his escape,
The commissioners OF Brown county met
and appointed G. A. Stuck Of Minneapolis
as architect Of tue new court house to be
built at New Ulm this fall. The contract
calls for plans for a $50, 900 building an
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